The varieties of vanilla pods mainly include bourbon vanilla and Tahitian vanilla, represented by Madagascar vanilla and Tahitian vanilla respectively.
It takes three years for the planting of Vanilla to bloom and bear fruit, and during the blooming period.The vanilla flowers are available for pollination for only six short hours and rely on manual pollination to succeed. The freshly harvested pods need to be treated with aromatic technology, and because Vanilla requires long hours of waiting and manual processing, so its price has always been high. At present, only 1-5% of vanilla-flavored foods on the market come from natural vanilla. The life span of each vanilla flower is only one day, and only one tenth of the flowers can bear fruit in a natural environment. 600 vanilla flowers can only be made into 1 kg of vanilla beans.
The market price of vanilla has been in a period of peaks and troughs, mainly due to political turmoil, bad weather, natural pests, etc., which led to price increases, and even rose to an astonishing $500 per kilogram. Of course, the vanilla harvest has been good, and the market price has also dropped and remained stable.
Vanilla brings a sweet aroma that also balances and inhibits bitterness and acidity. What does a good quality vanilla pod look like?
The appearance of vanilla bean is amber or dark brown, with deep wrinkles on the surface, shiny, soft, 18-20 cm long. The two main varieties of vanilla pods are Bourbon vanilla and Tahitian vanilla, represented by Madagascar vanilla and Tahitian vanilla, respectively.
How do you choose the best quality vanilla beans?
1. Don't pick moldy ones. When the pods are not stored properly, it is easy to form mold and produce mildew. It often appears at the end of the vanilla bean pod, a cotton-like substance, which is short-haired when zoomed in.
2. Don't just look at the length of the vanilla beans. The commercial value of vanilla pods is naturally the longer the better, but this is based on a fixed basis, that is, the type of pods, moisture content (humidity), and whether they are plump and round. You can't compare bourbon and tacitette to each other. The same type is compared with the same type. Vanilla beans should be selected with a certain gloss on the surface, plump, and look moist and shiny. Do not choose non-greasy surface, not plump, dry and flat, and feel skinny.
3. When the end of the vanilla beans has a cluster of long ice crystals like snowflakes, it is a sign of top quality vanilla beans.
Efficacy And Effects Of Vanilla Beans
1. Supplement nutrition
Because of the high nutritional value of vanilla beans powder, it not only contains a large amount of volatile oil and aromatic substances, but also rich in vitamins, polysaccharides and a variety of amino acids that are beneficial to the human body. People can absorb the rich nutrients contained in vanilla pods as soon as possible after eating them , can promote body metabolism, can also enhance human physical fitness, and can improve the level of human health, and has a very positive effect on maintaining human health.
2. Appetizer and digestion
Vanilla beans extract is a healthy ingredient that can appetize and eliminate food. The volatile oil and aromatic substances it contains can speed up the secretion of saliva and gastric juice after being absorbed by the human body. It will make people feel a sense of appetite and can effectively increase human appetite. To prevent and relieve loss of appetite in humans, the active ingredients contained in vanilla beans extract can also mildly stimulate the stomach after entering the human body, promote gastrointestinal motility, improve their digestive function, and speed up their digestion and absorption of food in the human body.
3. Beauty effect
Vanilla bean extreact also has super beauty ability. After people purify it into essential oil, it can be directly applied on the skin surface, which can eliminate sensitive bacteria and fungi on the skin surface, and prevent acne and pimples from appearing. Cosmetics can also nourish delicate skin after application, prevent wrinkles, and keep human skin smooth, tender and youthful.
4. Calm and soothe the nerves
Calm and soothe the mind, and regulate human emotions are also important effects of vanilla beans extract powder. Using its purified essential oils for aromatherapy can give people a deep sense of body and mind, and relaxation will make people feel better as soon as possible. In addition, people use it to boil water for bathing or Soaking feet can also allow the body to absorb some active ingredients, which can relax the body and mind and promote physical recovery. In this case, the symptoms of human fatigue will quickly reduce or disappear.
